The purpose of the assessment is to assess the impact of the human rights interventions on uptake, access and retention of HIV services, with attention to the quality, scale-up and sustainability of programmatic implementation. [...] By contrast, in the Mid-Term Assessment (MTA), researchers noted that stigma and discrimination programs had become part of a more centralized and sustained campaign, and that efforts by CSOs and the Enabling Environment and Human Rights Unit and the Office of the Public Defender were working to develop national anti-stigma and discrimination legislation and a Joint Civil Society Advocacy Plan for. [...] There was a broad consensus among key stakeholders that the work of JCC was important given the central role of religion in Jamaican society and the high level of organization and funding of the conservative Christian churches who lead a vocal and powerful opposition to the rights of PLHIV and LGBT people. [...] Another mark of progress noted in the MTA was the efforts by the Office of the Public Defender joined with the Ministry of Health and the Enabling Environment and Human Rights Unit to launch a multifaceted, nationwide “Know Your Rights” Campaign in December 2020. [...] The MTA noted the potential of the Global Partnership to Eliminate All Forms of HIV- Related to Stigma and Discrimination, and the efforts of the Enabling Environment and Human Rights Unit of the National Family Planning Board, but also the need for visible, high-level government support for human rights-related advocacy from the Ministries of Health, Security and Justice, particularly to push for.
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